Eldamo : Noldorin : io

N. io adv. “ago” (Category: Past, Ago)

N. io, adv. “ago” (Category: Past, Ago): G. in(d)raluin “long ago”; G. luin¹ “gone, past; ago”

A word for “ago” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√YA meaning “of time, ago” (Ety/YA). It was followed by ia in parenthesis marked with a “?” by Tolkien.

References ✧ Ety/YA

Glosses

“ago” ✧ Ety/YA; Ety/YA (?ia)

Variations

io ✧ Ety/YA
?ia ✧ Ety/YA

Cognates

ᴹQ. yá “formerly, ago, at that (distant) time, then (long ago)” ✧ Ety/YA

Derivations

< ᴹ√YA “there, over there; (of time) back, ago” ✧ Ety/YA

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√YA > io

[jā] > [jǭ] > [jou] > [jau] > [jo]

✧ Ety/YA